Show A THURMAN STORY Vn lucia for Die ITliiKU unl In Inu Upon In hITS Thomaa Ewing Goo T Piifeh and other prominent Ohio Democrats con cclvcd tho Idea of establishing I peoples party Time Democritie parlv they said II u eI1 bl was dead and time time had como for an another part > to bo built up from Its uiitis When time convention met at Columbus several of tho delegates called upon Selma tor Ihurman I to secure his operation in t rt the movement The > found the I Senator Sen-ator in his library and briefly st itod their errand l Ml Thurman leaned back in Ins chair and for a moment seemed to bo Btudving some object in time ceiling inning siuldenl to the BJ okesmiin 7th r Tlinrman said ml What would > ou cslim ito tho illnii sions of this room to be I should say ludgo about twenty feet square but why do you ask Hecauso sir tno old tontleimin 10 pled rising to Ins feet because sir this room Is too small sir to destroy tho Democratic part in Ihenrosmn Ing his book ho turned his back on his visitor who took tho hint and quietly left tho room Tint tho Democratic party was not dead in Ohio was evidenced a few months later by the election of AVil lam lon aj Governor and a legislature Democratic In both houses winch 10 tinned Julian Ihurman to time Senate as Ins own successor |